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This just in: It seems Interpol and Plug Research-signed folkies Ola Podrida frequent the same Los Angeles County Natural History Museum (and Deerhoof too, for that matter).

You folks are probably already familiar with the carnivorous threesome that adorns the cover of Interpol's forthcoming Our Love to Admire (out July 10 on Capitol). You may have also stumbled across a series of aesthetically similar wallpapers recently added to the Interpol homepage (go there and click "Extras" if not). And you may, like sharp-eyed Pitchfork reader Adam Zielinski, have noticed that one of these wallpapers-- a non-violent depiction of four, um, deer-like creatures we'll not embarrass ourselves by trying to identify-- is, well, pretty much exactly the same as the cover of Ola Podrida's self-titled debut album, which Plug Research put out earlier this year.

Observe:

Exhibit A



Exhibit B

A rep from Plug Research tells us that Ola Podrida's art comes from a photograph processed to look like a painting. It was taken by a friend of the band, Keona Norris, at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County-- which is where, we'll presume, Paul Banks and company got their visuals too. Who knows who had the idea first-- and really, any schmo with a digital camera (a really really nice one in the case of Interpol) can apparently take the same photo at that museum-- but let's just chalk it up to the great artistic collective consciousness in the sky, eh?

We're not exactly sure what purpose the Interpol image will serve on Our Love to Admire-- booklet photo? back cover? But Billboard recently reported that "a deluxe version of the CD, featuring a hard-back, 24-page book expanding on the provocative animal-dioramas photography done for the album, is due out the same day as the standard edition." So maybe it shows up there?

Interpol and Ola Podrida are on tour right now.

Interpol:

06-21 Dusseldorf, Germany - ISS Dome *
06-23 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-24 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-25 Dresden, Germany - Dresden Alter Schlachthof
06-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
06-28 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
07-01 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-05 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock
07-07 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)
07-08 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-19 Rochester, NY - Harro East Ballroom #
07-20 Atlantic City, NJ - Music Box @ Borgata #
07-21 Norfolk, VA - Norva #
07-23 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues #
07-24 Pittsburgh, PA - Byham #
07-25 Columbus, OH - The LC Amphitheatre #
07-27 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Orbit Room #
07-28 Detroit, MI - State Theater #
07-30 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave #
07-31 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room #
08-01 St. Louis, MO - Pageant #
08-03 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre #
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-11 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-20 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy
08-21 Newcastle, England - Newcastle Academy
08-22 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
08-24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-25 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-09 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
11-28 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom
11-29 London, England - Alexandra Palace

* with Pearl Jam
# with Calla

Ola Podrida:

06-29 Brooklyn, NY - Galapagos
07-06 New York, NY - Pianos #
07-07 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall #
07-08 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber #

# with Tacks the Boy Disaster